As soon as I saw the Kylie Cosmetics Sailor collection drop, I felt the call of the sea. Just kidding – but the collection did speak to me. Keep reading for my bite-sized Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Pressed Powder Palette Review for my honest thoughts on this neutral palette with a pop of blue and red.
A Little Bit About Kylie Cosmetics
Kylie Cosmetics launched in 2015 with the release of the brand’s infamous and hard to snag, Lip Kits. Since launching in 2015, the brand quickly expanded its line to include everything from lip gloss to eyeshadow and lashes.
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Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Pressed Powder Palette Claims
The website description for Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Pressed Powder Palette is ultra simple. In fact, the website says this palette comes with 16 versatile matte and metallic shades.
Initially, the brand intended for this palette’s release to coincide with the 4th of July. However, due to both the global and social circumstances, the brand pushed the release to late August.
| Matte | Metallic | Glitter |
| Come Aboard (soft pink) | Captain Cutie (icy pink with peach glitter) | Shipwreck (rose gold with violet glitter) |
| Tidal Wave (warm beige) | Go with the Float (golden pastel blue) | Don’t Be Salty (butterscotch with gold glitter) |
| Blue Ocean (rich navy) | Got the Blues (blue with violet shimmer) | Deep Sea (bright gold with golden glitter) |
| Tight Ship (warm rose) | Unsinkable (champagne with hints of blue shimmer) | Yacht Party (cranberry glitter) |
| Slay Captain (pastel peach) | ||
| Wavy (mid-tone taupe) | ||
| Total Catch (bright cherry) | ||
| On Board (deep sepia) |
Packaging & Price
- Packaging: Sturdy cardboard with an Americana, sailor theme featuring a pinup-style cartoon drawing of Kylie
- Price: Retails for $44.00
- Limited Edition
Sailor Pressed Powder Palette Ingredients
Although I typically like to provide an ingredient breakdown within my in-depth reviews, within my Beauty Bites I only callout the most glaring or problematic ingredients.
Is Kylie Cosmetics Cruelty-Free & Vegan?
Kylie Cosmetics is 100% Cruelty-Free and manufactured in the United States. Unfortunately, the palette is not vegan.
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Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Pressed Powder Palette Swatches
As always, swatches are not a perfect indicator of quality. However, swatches may provide clues as to a product’s pigmentation or ability to blend. The below swatches were done on my bare arm using my fingers. No primer.
To say that I had a hard time swatching the Sailor Palette is an understatement. Although the lightest neutral mattes in the palettes felt creamy, the deep or bold mattes felt incredibly dry. Moreover, they produced a ton of fallout.
The metallic shades in the palette looked lackluster or dull on my arm. In fact, I own much less expensive shimmers that provide more impactful shine.
Finally, the glitters felt like putty or cream in the pan. However, going on the skin they appeared slimey. While the shine impressed me, the glitter appearance looked inconsistent. Some had trouble building and the glitters looked sparse. Meanwhile, other shades looked chunky.
Application & Wear-Time
First, I legitimately gasped at how much trouble I ran into when using this palette. As a whole, I am not someone who typically gets turned off by a powdery eyeshadow formula (think: Anastasia Beverly Hills).
With the above said, I have yet to experience as much kickback and fallout as I experienced using the Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Palette. In fact, I gasped at the amount of powder produced in the pans after I tapping my fluffy blender into the matte pans. Despite my disdain for the messy formula, the matte shadows blended on the eyes with relative ease. I experienced little fallout on my face (after tapping my brush).
To say that the metallic and shimmer shadows perplexed me is an understatement. First, it was difficult to apply the colors to the lids, regardless of whether I use a brush or finger. I struggled to spread the shades on my lids.
The “traditional” metallic formula looked dull on the lids. In contrast, the glittery shades looked impactful and high shine. However, the trade off was a chunky metallic formula that was difficult to build.
Finally, I was appalled at the longevity of the shadows. Despite applying the shadows over an eyeshadow primer I experienced major glitter fallout over my face within a few hours of application. Moreover, the shadows faded off my lids before the 10-hour mark.
Where is the Sailor Pressed Powder Palette sold?
The Sailor Pressed Powder Palette is a limited edition release that is no longer available. However, the palette initially sold on the Kylie Cosmetics website.
Final Thoughts on the Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Pressed Powder Palette
Overall, the best thing about the Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Pressed Powder Palette is the packaging. Sadly, I do not feel that the quality of the palette is worthy of the $44.00 price point. If you were sad you missed out, do not purchase it from a reseller trying to jack up the price.
If this palette comes back into stock, I do not recommend picking it up. Moreover, I am cautious to try additional palettes from the brand as a result of this experience.
Instead of spending your money on Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Palette, check out this review on a Kylie Cosmetics product I’m obsessed with, the High Glosses.
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What do you think about the Kylie Cosmetics Sailor Pressed Powder Palette? Have you tried any Kylie Cosmetics products before? Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Kylie Cosmetics is really taking off. Wow, they don’t mess around with the palette’s pricing either!! I don’t really have palettes other than Chanel, is this pricing typical? I love the shimmer options from the palette. This is great especially during the fall!!
Nancy ✨ mdrnminimalists.com
The photos you took are stunning, the eyeshadows really do look like they’d have a bunch of fallout though! I do think that Kylie has put out better palettes in the past. Great detailed review! 😊
✨ Marissa Belle × marsybun.com ✨
You look beautiful, as ever, even if this palette doesn’t hold up, LP. And I thank you for the thoughtful review of it. It’s sad the quality isn’t better.
I must admit that when I first saw this palette I was really drawn to the shades, but the swatches didn’t wow me as much which hasn’t happened before. It’s a big yikes at the formula. You’d expect better for that price, what a shame xx
Hannah | https://luxuryblush.co.uk/
So disappointing! It looks so good in the pan but the glitter look awful (yep, my priority). Idk, I saw red and I kind of wanted it but now I’m glad I haven’t picked it up
Although this eyeshadow palette sounds like a flop, I really like the eyeshadow look you created and it really suits you!
When this eyeshadow palette first dropped, I loved it. But the more I looked at it, the more I didn’t like it and I struggled to understand the colour story. For me, it didn’t feel cohesive whatsoever. A pop of red amongst all the neutrals seemed a bit weird to me. I’m glad I didn’t give this palette any attention as it doesn’t sound good. It’s a shame, but hopefully you can get some use out of it as there are definitely some pretty shades in there (just not ones I’d use together when it comes to the pops of colour lol)
Yeah this palette does have fallout! However, I’m obsessed with the look you’ve created! It looks so good on you wow.
Kind of disappointed by how the palette turned out because the colours seemed pretty. I haven’t bought anything from Kylie Cosmetics and I don’t plan to just because I feel like they are kind of overpriced and it’s pretty easy to find more affordable dupes. I just don’t have the budget for more expensive brands right now but I would try her lip liners/lipsticks if I ever do buy her products. I’m not surprised by the fallout though because I have seen multiple reviews on YouTube for her palettes and I have heard multiple people talk about fallout.